Sensor Platforms

SCCOOS employs a variety of in situ and remote sensing technologies to measure physical, chemical, biological, and geological parameters as well as supports ocean models and provides forecasts of future conditions.

<h2 style="text-align: center;">HF Radar</h2>

Data collected from over 60 high-frequency (HF) radar stations in California are processed and displayed as surface current maps in near real-time.

<h1 style="text-align: center;">Gliders</h1>

Spray glider surveys collect data on temperature, salinity, pressure, chlorophyll, depth-averaged velocity, and acoustic and optical backscatter. Dissolved oxygen is currently being added to this parameter suite.

<h2 style="text-align: center;">Shore Stations</h2>

SCCOOS supports four Automated Shore Stations providing real-time data and weekly sampling at five CalHABMAP pier stations to monitor phytoplankton abundance, Domoic Acid and nutrients.

<h1 style="text-align: center;">Models</h1>

SCCOOS helps support a 3-km quasi-operational Regional Ocean Model System (ROMS) to provide real-time simulations of circulation and physical parameters for coastal California. We also support a higher resolution coastal modeling project that uses ROMS in hindcast mode and Flooding forecasting models at six sites in Southern California.

<h1 style="text-align: center;">Buoys and Moorings</h1>

SCCOOS supports CDIP Long Beach buoy, data ingestion of OCSD M21 OAH mooring, and an IFCB deployed on the Del Mar Mooring.

<h1 style="text-align: center;">Ship-Based Sampling</h1>

In 2004, SCCOOS funded the addition of nine nearshore stations to the CalCOFI cruises which collect hydrographic, chemical, and biological properties.

<h1 style="text-align: center;">Animal-Borne Sensors</h1>

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